How to enable iOS 4.1 HDR photography on iPhone 3G and 3GS [Jailbreak]

HDR photography for iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G wasn't something Apple provided under iOS 4.1, but that doesn't mean 3GS and 3G users have to be left out of the fun (if you're jailbroken that is). Redmond Pie has a great guide up showing how to enable the HDR camera option provided you've jailbroken them under iOS 4.1 and aren't adverse to SSHing and editing some files. The process really isn't that difficult, but as always, if you're not comfortable altering files on your iPhone, we don't recommend it. So hit up the source link for a detailed walk-through. And if you're not sure if it's worth it yet, read our take on HDR photography on the iPhone 4 or our full iOS 4.1 guide.

The article title is very misleading, it clearly states within this post though " Redmond Pie has a great guide up showing how to enable the HDR camera option in OLDER FIRMWARE VERSIONS via SSHing and editing some files." this is NOT for 4.1 iOS.

I am not quite sure how you guys think the title is misleading, it isn't. It says jailbreak required, which should basically mean "yes an older firmware" - a jailbreak is not out yet. as vusum stated, i put IN the article it applies to older firmware versions.

Sorry for the shameless self advertising here but there is a much easier way to do that, which I talked about on my blog yesterday: http://www.iphonedownloadblog.com/2010/09/13/hdr-camera-enabler-brings-h...
Basically you can install an app directly from Cydia. And yes, it is for iOS 4.1, only for the very few of us who could jailbreak 4.1 with the unofficial version of PwnageTool. Mixed reports about the results though.

@Allyson: It is misleading because iOS 4.1 is known to only allow HDR for iPhone 4, the way the title is worded makes it sound like iOS 4.1 jailbreak will allow 3GS and 3G HDR photos. It should be worded like "How to enable iOS 4.1-like HDR photography on iOS 4 3GS/3G devices"

@Sebastien: It's only easier if you've jailbroken 4.1 :p
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@sebastien
We try and make sure legitimate links don't get deleted but it happens from time to time. When I clicked on the link, my computer blocked it and brought up the typical harmful content box. I deleted as I figured it was spam. I'm also on my work computer, which sometimes blocks things it shouldn't. Didn't mean to delete a legitimate link.

EVERYONE it flat out says "enable 4.1 HDR photography..." HDR photography is only on 4.1 so how else would the title of this article be named? haha so much ungratefuls. Thanks for sharing this Allyson :)

The more I read this blog the worst it gets... the editors are all a bunch of fanboys and now they use misleading titles to lure more users into reading the article hoping to find more info on a jailbreak for 4.1

@Fanboys
Alright, suggest a better title thats not ridiculously long and I'll change it? Happy??
Also care to explain how a title wording makes me a "fangirl"? Im extremely interested in hearing that reasoning. In my experience people only seem to throw that term around when they have no valid argument

The title isn't misleading but the content of the post is. Within the post it says
"Redmond Pie has a great guide up showing how to enable the HDR camera option in older firmware versions via SSHing and editing some files."
But the Redmond Pie article linked to in this post states that this only works on jailbroken 3G and 3GS with 4.1, not older versions. If you try it with a none 4.1 iPhone, the info that you enter into the plist file just gets removed.